Edit the description's bibliography (Lizard Island Field Guide)

Edit the description's bibliography


Animalia: species: Linckia laevigata

References that assist with identification

  • Clark, A.M. and F.W.E. Rowe (1971). Monograph of shallow-water Indo-west Pacific echinoderms British Museum (Natural History), London.
  • Coleman, N. (2007). Sea Stars: Echinoderms of the Asia/Indo-Pacific Neville Coleman's Underwater Geographic, Springwood, Qld. Australia.
  • Marsh, L.M. and J. Fromont (2020). Field Guide to shallow water seastars of Australia. Western Australian Museum, Perth.

Other references

  • Bakus, G.J. (1981). Chemical defense mechanisms on the Great Barrier Reef, Science, 211: 497-499. LIRS catalog number 41.
  • Cowan, Z.-L., S.A. Dworjanyn, C. F. Caballes and M.S. Pratchett (2016). Predation on crown-of-thorns starfish larvae by damselfishes. Coral Reefs, DOI 10.1007/s00338-016-1491-3.. LIRS catalog number 1992.
  • Guenther, J. (2007). Natural antifouling defences of tropical sea stars, Ph.D. thesis, James Cook University. LIRS catalog number 1131.
  • Guenther, J., G. Walker-Smith, A. Waren and R. de Nys (2007). Fouling-resistant surfaces of tropical sea stars, Biofouling, 23: 413-418. LIRS catalog number 1077.
  • Humann, P. and N. Deloach (2010). Reef Creature Identification: Tropical Pacific New World Publications Inc., Jacksonville, Florida, USA.
  • Pichon, M. and J. Morrissey (1981). Benthic zonation and community structure of South Island Reef, Lizard Island (Great Barrier Reef), Bulletin of Marine Science, 31(3): 581-593. LIRS catalog number 78.
  • Thompson, G.B. and C. Thompson (1982). Movement and size structure in a population of the blue starfish Linckia laevigata (L.) at Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 33: 561-573. LIRS catalog number 97.
  • Williams, S.T. (2000). Species boundaries in the starfish genus Linckia, Marine Biology, 136: 137-148. LIRS catalog number 90185.